Good afternoon, welcome to election day november 3rd, regular meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee ok. Thank you. Please place your righthand on your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sfg. Are there any communications . Clerk yes, during the covid19 health emergency, the board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time so we hope members of the public will take advantage of the following opportunities. We have a short version today. Were happy to receive your written communication and sports hands if you are using the u. S. Mail address the envelope
Session, i want to thank everyone who will not join us. Closed sessions include sfgovtv im going to move you out the room and well see you afterwards. Anyone who us didnt need to be in closed session, say goodbye and give me 30 seconds to move us over to the new room. Second. Commissioner chow. [roll call vote] unmute yourself, commissioner. I believe we are at adjournment and commissioner chow asked for you all to adjourn in honor and memory of dr. Philip lee. I would like to move we adjourn in the memory of dr. Lee. I would like to take the privilege of seconding that. I will do a roll call vote. [roll call vote] thank you all. On this crazy night. Thank you, commissioners. 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. Cut. We are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. A place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and its beautiful and its been completely redone and been a Gathering Place for this community. I have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. That is not a jok
Actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orders. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed
We continue the conversation on the president s. Well hear from historians and book contributors. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the night studio and another edition of inside media. Im the senior director of programs here at the museum, john maynard. With the 2020 election filling our news feed, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and the dignity of the men that have been in the office. We dive in deep today. We rank the best and the worst chief check tiexecutives. In just a moment you will hear from susan swane. Coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Following her presentation i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, the founding ceo who over the course of many years conducted interviews with president ial historians. In addition were joined today by historians ken acraman and ken stewart. So at this time please welcome susan swane. We run it, it is almost as hold as cspan
Neighburg who is at the Army War College. Mike and i were colleagues mike, this is going back aways. Around 2006 or so in the History Department at the university of southern mississippi, we were together, but weve stayed in touch and always have had shared interests. Mike, its great to be here with you today and have a conversation on a subject thats extremely timely, which is really responding to crisis. You know, obviously what needs to be said for our audience theyve seen all the evidence they can of a current crisis, the coronavirus crisis, economic downturn thats going to be a serious issue for leaders, for every day people for a while to come. It seems a good time to talk about two major 20th century crises. At the end of two world wars how leaders responded and to raise the issue about what light that might throw on the present, a framework for comparison. Mike, obviously youre one of the people to talk to about this. There are just too many of your books to list for the audien